Overview
- Real Madrid announced the presidential election for June 7, 2026 and roughly 100,000 socios will be eligible to vote in person or by correspondence.
- Florentino Pérez is running for re-election after two consecutive seasons without a major trophy and called the early vote to confirm the club's next direction.
- Businessman Enrique Riquelme has filed to run and is campaigning on modernization; he has said two international stars have 'signed' to join if he wins but those claims are reported and not independently verified.
- Riquelme proposes institutional changes including appointing a sporting director, greater use of data and resisting sales of club capital to foreign funds as part of his pitch to socios.
- Coaching decisions remain unresolved with press links suggesting José Mourinho could return if Pérez stays and Riquelme saying he would not appoint Mourinho, while the electoral commission must validate candidacies and the club has a 15-day window to organize the vote if validation is confirmed.